The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1887-04-10


to be 30, or let him brand himself as a
falsifer. And further demand what
deception there is in having the Method.
ist HymnaP in the pews of the M. E.
Church, South, in Asheville. when each
book has on it q label on the outside
cover or lid" and on it, printed in toll
erably large capitals: PROPERTY OF THH
/ NJ. E. CHURCH, SOUTH, Asheville, N. c.
He positively says the Methodist
Hymnal" was furnished" to perfect a
deception; and now 1 hereby publicly
and positively demand the proof that
what he says is true. He is required to
prove the truth of what he says, or put
on himself the brand of slanderer and
falsifier of sister church and brother
minister of the gospel, just as he may
Ichoose for himself The burden of proof
rests on hipa. The brand is his own.
He represents me as giving apportu-
nifty for persons 70 unite wita the IN.
E, Church, by letter or othes9 wise, and
that members of the NJ. E. Church, from
the North, under this guise, hand in
their certificates and become members
"unawares" "of church they have al
ways regarded with suspicion, not to say
contempt" and that "scores, no doubt.
have been taken in this 'stratagem.'"
And now demand the proof and the
scores. Yes, demand that he produce
the rarsOpa or tho N apoeu Of4ba EISoOraS
The scores (plural), cannot mean less
than FORTY; and now demand
of Mr.. Long THE FORTY, and ifhe refuses
or fails. he does so at the peril o6 his
good name as man of truth, by his
own action. 1 demand that he find the
''scores" who have thus been taken "un-
awares" by the pastor of the NJ. E.
Church, South, In the city of Asheville,
N. C.
Yes, demand that he present the per-
son or the names of the 'FoRTY" thus ta
ken "unawares" l demand that Bro
Long fully establish the fact that "a
mean and contemplate policy is being
deftly pursued"
Mr.. Long has made Several very grave
and untrue assertions; and demand the
proof that what he has publicly and SOL
EMMY proclaimed to the world IS true !;
the truth, and nothing but the truth. He
has sssailed my character as q man and
a minister, and demand that he sub.
stantiate his charges and implications.
He has made untrue statements about
the doings and state of things with re-.
gard to the Nj. E. Church, South, in Ashe-
vile, N. c., and he must prove the truth
of all he says or falsify himself. hereby
demand of Bro. Long to prove all these
charges and implications, and thus fully
prove tho existence Of a 1riIc=su a.=ad cen
temptible policy" which he boldly and
without qualification says sis being
deity pursued" in Asheville, NJ He
first says there is such "policy" and
then he goes on to show W 10 are its au
thors and what are its several operations,
and now he must come to the scratch, !"
and prove the existence of the policy"
and EVERY ONE of the alleged operations
every one of them, just as clearly and
unequivocally as he has asserted them,
every one of them, or implicate and
criminate himself as q calumniator and
falsifier.
As the party Gssailed, demand that he
substantiates the truth of all his assaults.
This is my right, anu this he must recog-
nize. Bro. Long processes to be truth
full man. He is an educated man; a man
of travel, and converse, and association
with great and good men. He is Il think)
Doctor of Divinity;a Presiding Elder,
man of no little pretensions and no
little reputation, in his great church. His
chutch accepted him and sent him as a
missionary, to teach the heathens of
Japan of the true God; to teach them o.
Christ and his love; to teach them of the
common brotherhood of man; and that
men should speak and act the truth, that a
man must 1aot,SLander and bear false tCitnesS
against his 1seighbor. Now, Bro. Long
surely, is too great and good man to
publish things as facts, which he will de-
cline to prove as true /! We will Uait
and see, what we will see. deny his
assertions as untrue, as false. I hereby
iiscredit his assertions. l hereby pub
licly impeach his published testimony
and just ask him to prove the truth Of
what he asserts; that and nothing more.
Now, this he must do, if he desiresto
maintain his reputation as man of truth.
He professed to be my friend, but he has
assailed me as an enemy. He attacks
my character without warning and
without provocation, with all -
and hate and spite of s1 =
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